Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953
# Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953

A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 9, 1953. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

## Related eclipses

### Solar eclipses of 1950–1953

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1950–1953 :

| Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node |
| - | - | - | - |
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map |
| 119 | 1950 March 18 Annular (non-central) | 124 | 1950 September 12 Total |
| 129 | 1951 March 7 Annular | 134 | 1951 September 1 Annular |
| 139 | 1952 February 25 Total | 144 | 1952 August 20 Annular |
| 149 | 1953 February 14 Partial | 154 | 1953 August 9 Partial |
| Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953 belongs to the next lunar year set |||||
